Areopagus and said Men of Athens I perceive that in all things you are very religious for as I was passing through and considering the objects of your worship I even found an altar with this inscription TO THE UNKNOWN GOD Therefore the One whom you worship without knowing Him I proclai ID: 562576
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“Then Paul stood in the midst of the
Areopagus and said, ‘Men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are very religious; for as I was passing through and considering the objects of your worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore, the One whom you worship without knowing, Him I proclaim to you: God, who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands. Nor is He worshiped with men’s hands, as though He needed anything, since He gives to all life, breath, and all things…’”
Acts 17:22-28 Slide2
“‘And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their
preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings, so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; for in Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also His offspring’” (NKJV).
Acts 17:22-28 Slide3
Quotes a friend he knew ten years earlier to say:
“I cannot accept a God who is so infatuated with Himself that He makes a whole universe just to praise and worship him! How self-centered can you get?! The Christian religion says in one of its creeds that the “chief goal of man is to glorify God”--why is God such a glory-hog? I cannot respect a God that creates a race of people just to grovel before Him, and to constantly fill his ears with sycophantic (and threat-induced!) praise! This looks more like an insecure individual, with a horrible Napoleonic complex!”
Glenn Miller
August
30, 1997
Blog
Christian-
thinktank.com
http://christianthinktank.com/l083097.htmlSlide4
What is Worship
?Heb. shachah (
שָׁחָה) “to bow down”
GOD?
WHYSlide5
Gesture of honor and respectSlide6
What is Worship
?Heb. shachah (
שָׁחָה) “to bow down”
Gr.
proskuneo
(
προσκυνέω
) lit. “kiss towards”
GOD?
WHYSlide7
Gesture of affection and honorSlide8
What is Worship
?Heb. shachah (
שָׁחָה) “to bow down”
Gr.
proskuneo
(
προσκυνέω
) lit. “kiss towards”
Much of what the Bible says about worship concerns what we should NOT worship (Deut. 4:15-19; Isa. 2:8-9).
GOD?
WHYSlide9
“I even found an altar with this inscription: TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore, the One whom you worship without knowing, Him I proclaim to you.”
Acts 17:23 Slide10
Humans WILL worship something!Slide11
What is Worship
?It is not adoration without relationship.It is not mindless devotion (John 4:20-24).It is the conscious decision to appreciate God for who He is.
GOD?
WHYSlide12
“…In Him we live and move and have our being.”
Acts 17:28a Slide13
What is Worship
?It is not adoration without relationship.It is not mindless devotion (John 4:20-24).It is the conscious decision to appreciate God for who He is.
It is the response of those who love and respect Him.
GOD?
WHYSlide14
He is our Creator
(Psa. 95:6-10).We were made to worship Him.GOD?
WHYSlide15
“…He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth… so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.”
Acts 17:26-27 Slide16
He is our Creator
(Psa. 95:6-10).We were made to worship Him.He has all power (Job 42:1-2; Psa. 33:6-9).
GOD?
WHYSlide17
“God, who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth...”
Acts 17:24aSlide18
He is our Creator
(Psa. 95:6-10).We were made to worship Him.He has all power (Job 42:1-2; Psa. 33:6-9).Only those with proper reverence may enter His presence (Psa. 24:3-5).
GOD?
WHYSlide19Slide20
He is our Heavenly Father.
GOD?
WHYSlide21
“…we are also His offspring”
Acts 17:28bSlide22
“…the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him”
John 4:23Slide23
He is our Heavenly Father.
Our Father deserves respect (Heb. 12:9).He loves us (Rom. 5:8-10; Eph. 2:4-7).In ways we cannot even comprehend, He has loved us from the beginning of time.
GOD?
WHYSlide24
“Nor is He worshiped with men’s hands, as though He needed anything, since He gives to all life, breath, and all things.”
Acts 17:25Slide25
We Owe God Our Worship!
GOD?
WHY